Bacon painting fetches record high at auction

Francis Bacon's three-paneled painting "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" have become the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction, fetching a whopping $142.4 million.

http://archive.thenewsstar.com/VideoNetwork/2835400145001/Bacon-painting-fetches-record-high-at-auctionhttp://bc_gvpc_od-f.akamaihd.net/media/963482463001/201311/381/963482463001_2835391882001_68df7d53-4905-43ae-8fc9-4c71b51493d9.mp4?pubId=44854205001&videoId=2835400145001http://archive.thenewsstar.com/VideoNetwork/2835400145001/Bacon-painting-fetches-record-high-at-auctionhttp://bc_gvpc.edgesuite.net/img/963482463001/201311/1923/963482463001_2835347802001_thumbnail-for-video-2835336622001.jpgBacon painting fetches record high at auctionFrancis Bacon's three-paneled painting "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" have become the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction, fetching a whopping $142.4 million.2Reutersfrancis bacon tripticthree studies of lucian freudvpcNational Newsmost expensive art01:27